Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22

on to I when he heered somethfn''
r rat round an he riz up and whom
he seen me one leg out and one leg ia,
he says, says he, Jim, whar've yon
beenp' I'M / says, says /, I've been
down to the Silver Tooth. 4
''. Then, says he, ..an what was
you dom thar Pr
was playin' little game Of poker
says I.
III. Did you make anythin, jim.
says he. IN ..@.} q. ..'
8. Yes, sir says I, i won $13.
"Then there come q big thaw in his
voice an he says, says he (meltin' like,
James Madison, my son, take that
thar jug that's at the head Of this bed
and step right round to old Shorty's
and git me a gallon Of fust-class BEN
zine, says he. :S
But I lost it all again, father
says I. : ..t B.
''Well, sir, he rared up in bed, an
says he, You little scamp, eff 7 catch
you round to the Silver Tooth agin I'll
take the hide an hair off yer. Hain't
you got nothin' better to do than to
spend your old fathers last red again.
bin an disgracin' of yer fanilyp' says
he, Dustin out cryin' like as though
he'd jest buried his demijohn. s..I
At this point in his narrative Mr..
Colby paused. ...The sequel!'' cried
Philomel. '.Let's hear how Jim wound
up. D. h *age5*
II left Hard-up,' resumed Mr.. Col,
by, "about two years after first met
Jim. Three years later I happend to
be in Virginia City, and one day while
there, as was coming out of the bar
ber's shop, who should walk up but
Jim himself. :, why, JIM said /.
where d you come fromP and where'd
you get all those good clothesP'
"'Them Clothes said Jim, why I
did merchant tailor out o. them
clothes. I charged 'em to the old man.
That's good 'un, ain'titp wouldn't
have done it, though, if I hadn't come
out as a reformed individual, and it was
positively necessary to get some re-
formed toggery.'
GLOW did you get reformed, Jimp''l
said /. =
"Well, you see, Mr.. Colby, fathe,
and | come over here about year ago,
and as soon as I come I took hold of 4
lot of boys here who didn't have no.
body to teach 'em to be as bad as thew
wanted to be, an 1 thought it was .
pity to see so much talent going to
waste, SO organized 'em into a gang
Of thieves. Well, sir, I can tell you
we did pretty lively business, but one
Sunday Bishop futile was runnin' the
Episcopal outfit in thas meetin' house
over there, an I jist thought I'd 90 in.
Now couldn't tell, yer, to save my
skin, what he said to the crowd.
beloved brethren he called 'em), but,
by jung, when come out I just set
down on dry goods box and 1 begun
to turn things over in my mind an
says to myself: The way you are goin'
on, Jim, you'll be in the. penitentiary
before you're man; you'll just have
to turn in an REFORM So I went an
got these here clothes an now I'm
printing for my livin' in the Enterprise
Office. Do you think, Mr.. Colby, if
boy like me turned square round he
could do any good?'' -e%.- 80
".Jim,' I said, "a boy like you can do
what he pleases.' Well, talked to
him a long while, and when we parted
the mist that had been gathering in his
eyes fell down in rain. I have never
seen Jim since, but last winter read
in Nevada paper that the Hon.
James Madison johnson had been
elected Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives. =.